Consultation Workshop on Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction for Sustainable Development
Session 1:
Making the case for Eco-Disaster Risk Reduction
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Introduction of participants
Interview your pair:
1.
What is your name and organisation?
2.
What do you do?
3.
How is your work relevant to environmental management or/and DRR?
4.
Why are you attending the training course?
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Training kit on Ecosystem-based DRR for sustainable development
Developed by partner organisations of the Partnership for
Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction (PEDRR) www.pedrr.net
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This course is about…
1. Increasing awareness among key players about the multiple benefits of ecosystem services for DRR and sustainable development, and the methods for sustaining and enhancing these services.
1. Developing knowledge and skills on how to integrate ecosystem management and DRR into development planning processes.
1. Promoting and facilitating cross-sectoral collaboration amongst environmental/ecosystem management, DRR, climate change adaptation and development practitioners.
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Workshop structure
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Output: AGENDA FOR ACTION
= Plan to integrate eco-DRR into development planning at national and/or sub-national levels
PROPOSED RECOMMENDATIONS/ACTIONS
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR STAKEHOLDERS
AGENDA
FOR
ACTION
TECHNIQUES/ TOOLS FOR IMPLEMENTATION
RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE
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Session 1 will discuss:
 Fundamental concepts of eco-DRR
 Multiple benefits of ecosystem services for DRR and sustainable development.
 Cost-effectiveness of eco-DRR
 Main institutional and behavioural changes needed to effectively implement eco-DRR
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Disasters: more people affected
Source: EM-DAT/CRED
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Disasters: increasing economic damage
Source: EM-DAT/CRED
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Disaster risk in Sri Lanka
 Floods
 Landslides
 Cyclones
 Drought
 Tsunami
© A. Perera/IRIN
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Film screening: http://vimeo.com/19434428
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Ecosystem-based DRR (eco-DRR)
“Sustainable management, conservation and restoration of ecosystems to provide services that
mitigate hazards, and increase livelihood resilience.”
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©Kevin Schafer / WWF-Canon

Vegetation stabilises slopes
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©N. Saalismaa

Wetlands and floodplains control floods
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©Michel Gunther / WWF-Canon

Mangroves, saltmarshes and sand dunes buffer coastal hazards
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Vegetation management in drylands improves drought resilience
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©John E. Newby / WWF-Canon

Sustaining livelihoods, increasing resilience
© D. Gough/IRIN
© SGP/UNDP © P.
Holtz/IRIN
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Social, economic and environmental benefits
Hazard mitigation
Biodiversity Livelihoods
Climate change adaptation
Poverty reduction
Carbon sequestration
Disaster recovery
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Ecosystem services for DRR have very high economic value
+ Replacing a lost service is very expensive, or impossible
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Cost-efficient DRR strategy
• Relatively low-cost installation and maintenance
• Livelihood benefits for human well-being
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© M. Deghati/IRIN

NO-REGRETS approach
© K.Holt/IRIN
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• Cost-efficient, locally accessible solutions
• Multiple benefits for sustainable development regardless of a disaster event

Implementing eco-DRR
 Maintain natural ecosystems, such as coastal mangroves, floodplains and forests
 Maintain traditional cultural ecosystems such as agroforestry systems, terraced crop growing, and fruit-tree forests in arid lands
 Restore such systems where they have been degraded or lost
 Promote policies and regulatory frameworks for ecosystem management for the purpose of DRR, climate change adaptation, livelihood benefits and other ecosystems services
+ Appropriate understanding of the ecological context and the hazard!
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UK: Making Space for Water
Government strategy for flood and coastal erosion risk management
Emphasis on using ‘natural infrastructure’ such as floodplain management considered more costeffective
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Source: DEFRA

Bolivia: community forestry for slope stability
© M.Ficher
Before:
Frequent landslides due to environmental degradation
Approach:
Community forestry
After:
Diversified livelihoods, improved slope stability and watersheds
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Film screening: Climate change adaptation http://www.youtube.com/watchv=ALgFZyLRbB8&feature=related
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